St Ives Town manager Ricky Marheineke said the signings of Charlie Day and Eugene Libertucci have been made with an eye on next season.

With their safety in the Evo-Stik League Southern, Premier Division assured and players such as Harry O’Malley and Jared Cunniff departing the club, a rebuilding process ahead of next season’s campaign is starting to take place.

Both Day (pictured), who scored on his debut for Newmarket at the weekend but is now a Saints player, and Libertucci were due to play in last night’s Evo-Stik League Southern Challenge Cup semi-final against Aylesbury but the match fell victim to the weather.

Libertucci is only available for weeknights this season due to work commitments,

Marheineke said he was delighted to have the players on board.

He said: “We’ve had a couple of players leave in Harry O’Malley and Jared Cunniff who is going to New Zealand, so we just needed to bring in a couple of players to freshen things up and add some qualities to the squad.

“Eugene has been training with us for a couple of months and looks very, very sharp.

“He was with me during my time at Histon in the Conference North and if we can get him back playing somewhere that he was during that season he will be one of the best players in the league.

“Charlie is a player I have huge admiration for. I rate him as a player and have tried to sign him on numerous occasions but it’s never worked out.

“With space in the squad available and Charlie not being linked to a club it was good timing for both parties to get him involved .

“He’s playing for Newmarket but I was in talks with him, he’s a Step Three player, he’s gone down just to get some games until he could find another club and I’m delighted to have him on board.

“He’s a versatile left-sided player; he can play left-back as well as wide left, unbelievably hard working and great experience for a young lad not only at this level but at the level above.

“He knows a lot of the current players from his time at Histon and at Cambridge City so he’ll fit in with the group.

“He’s a player who fits into our ethos, his attitude and work rate are spot on and he’s a very gifted footballer.”